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I thought I was used to living alone, but I still long for someone to be looking for me at this moment. "The Girl Sleeping in the Car" was shortlisted for the 2018 National Book Award. Recommended by national media, it was selected as a book recommended by the editor of The New York Times, one of the top ten novels of the year by Time Magazine, and a book of the year by Library Daily... When the cruel reality tarnished the innocent fairy tale woven by mother's love, the little girl was finally forced to grow up. The 17-year-old mother ran away from home with her newborn daughter, Pearl, and drove to the Indian Waters Trailer Park. The abandoned park is backed by a garbage dump and is a mixed bag of good and bad. The mother and daughter slept together in the back seat of the car and in the front seat for 14 years. Until a piercing gunshot, Pearl was alone. From the bad land filled with gun violence, to the short-term foster care life, and then to the unknown journey to Mexico, Pearl thought she had long been accustomed to a lonely and wandering life, but those fleeting warmth along the way made her realize that she had always longed for someone to be looking for her...